Apparatus for use in cleaning cream-separator sections.



P. L. KIMBALL. APPARATUS FOR USE IN CLEANING CREAM SEPARATOR $EOTIONS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 8, 1912.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

lllluml INVENTOR COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH :0, WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERLEY L. KIMBALL, OF BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT, ASSIGNOB TO VERMONT FARMMACHINE COMPANY, OF BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN CLEANING CREAM-SEPARATOR SECTIONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERLEY L. KIMBALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bellows Falls, in the county of Windham and State ofVermont, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatusfor Use in Cleaning Cream-Separator Sections, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description. y

The primary object of this invention is toprovide means for readily andthoroughly cleaning the sections which constltute the skimming device orskimmer of cream separators, and especially for so cleaning the sectionsin the condition in which they must be arranged or assembled for use inthe separator bowl, without disassemblmg or de taching them from oneanother but merely removing them intact from the bowl.

The invention consists of a twirling device having a head which may bereadily applied to the sections when they are assembled as for use sothat the sections or skimming device or skimmer may be immersed in anycleaning fluid, such as water, in a pail or other receptacle, andrapidly turned back and forth until thoroughly cleaned in every part,and so as to be ready for use again in the separator, after any usualscalding and drying, when these last mentioned operations are necessaryor desirable, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forthand finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device detached. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device applied to a series of sections unitedand constituting the skimming device or skinnner, illustrating themethod of use. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially in theplane of line A B, of Fig. 1, with part of the top plate broken out toshow the curved blades. Fig. 4; is a side elevation of the twirler partsshown in Fig. 8 with a portion of the head broken away,

and a skimmer part in section. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken at rightangles to the section in Fig. t. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of thehead.

1 is a hand-grip on a frame 2. This frame 2 is provided with bearings 3and 4 for a longitudinally-arranged shaft 5, on which is fixed a bevelgear 6, suitably held in place Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 8, 1912.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 670,097.

within the frame 2 and meshing with a bevel gear 7, which is mountedupon a stud shaft 8, secured in the frame 2. This bevel gear 7 isprovided with a handle 9 by which said gear may be turned in eitherdirection, so as to turn shaft 5 through its bevel gear 6. Fixed to thebottom of shaft 5 is a head 10, having the parallel notches 11, and averticallyarranged spring pin 12.

The apparatus above described constituting the twirling devicehereinabove referred to, is designed for use in connection with a stackor nest of separator sections 13, shown in Fig. 2, and indicated inFigs. 3, 4: and 5. These sections are connected by a pair of rods 14,and the stack or nest of sections so arranged upon these rods is securedby means of thumb-nuts 15 applied to the rods above and bearing upon theoutermost section, the whole constituting the skimming topmost section,as shown in Figs. 4 and 5,?

so as to clamp the head and its superposed parts upon the sections insuch way that the sections as a whole may be revolved back and forth byappropriately turning the handle 9 while thfeframe 2 is grasped by theoperator, all substantially as indicated in Fig. 2. To wash or clean thesections, they are inserted in a pail or dish or other vessel containingenough water to cover the sections, and then the twirling device isturned in one direction rapidly, and then'as rapidly turned in the otherdirection, so that the centrifugal force exercised in connection withthe involute curvature of the blades 16 which form parts of the sectionswill serve to thoroughly rinse or cleanse the sections.

The invention is herein shown and explained in connection with askimming device or skimmer constructed in accordance with my inventionpatented May 4, 1909, No. 920,481. As shown in that patent, thesections, oras therein termed, the subdividers, comprise perforatedplates 17 and the curved blades 16, the blades of adjacent sectionsinterlocking. In the present invention the upper section has its plate17 reinforced at 18 on opposite sides of its central opening 19, andthese reinforces 18 are perforated to receive the reduced tubularextensions 20 of the thumb-nuts 15, and these nuts are provided with thecollars 21 which rest upon said reinforces 18. The notches 11 straddlethese shoulders beneath the heads of the thumb-nuts. The opening 19 isthe opening hereinabove referred to into which the spring pin 12 snapsin order to locate the head.

The head 10 is recessed on its underside to form parallel flanges 22, orthese flanges may be otherwise provided, and they aline with the edgesof the reinforces 18 and thus aid in holding the head in engagement withthe skimmer.

Thus is furnished a very simple and efficient self-contained andportable cleaning device, with few parts, and readily applica ble to theobject to be cleaned. Of course, the head 10 or other medium foreffecting a connection with the article to be cleaned will be modifiedwithin the principle of the inve'ntion as hereinafter claimed in suchmanner as to be readily applicable to the object or article to e cleanedand as readily detached therefrom.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a handle and frame, of a shaft,and means to rotate it mounted upon said frame, and a head secured tothe shaft and provided with notches and a vertically disposed detent fordetachably connecting it rigidly with an article to be cleansed byimparting thereto rotary motion.

2. An apparatus for use in cleaning cream separator sections, samecomprising a frame, a shaft mounted therein, means on the frame torotate said shaft, and a head fixed to the end of the shaft and turningtherewith, and having notches and a spring pin for engaging the articleto be cleaned.

8. In an apparatus for use in cleaning cream separator sections havingextensions thereon, a head having notches to engage said extensions onthe sections, and means to fix the engagement of the head with saidsections, in combination with means to rotate said head and its attachedsections.

4. In an apparatus for use in cleaning cream separator sections, withoutdisassembling the sections, a head adapted to engage the assembledsections, and interlocking means to locate said head in engagingposition on the sections, combined with means to rotate the head andsections in any desired. direction.

5. In an apparatus for use in cleaning the assembled sectionsconstituting the skimmer of a cream separator, the uppermost of saidsections having projecting parts and an opening, a head having notchesto engage said projecting parts, flanges to cooperate with adjacentparts of the sections, and a spring pin to engage said opening, combinedwith a head rotator.

6. An apparatus for use in cleaning cream separator skimmers comprisinga head having parallel notches and a vertically disposed spring detentadapted to be connected with the skimmer, a supporting frame for saidhead, and means to actuate said head in said supporting frame so as toimpart a twirling motion to the skimmer.

7 A self-contained, portable apparatus for use in cleaning a creamseparator skimmer, comprising a frame, a head mounted in said frame,means to impart a twirling motion to said head in said frame, and meanson the head adapted to engage cooperating means on the assembled skimmerfor looking it transversely and longitudinally with the skimmer.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of JanuaryA. D. 1912.

PERLEY L. KIMBALL.

Witnesses:

F. C. HILDnE'rI-r, G. A. KNIGHT.

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